PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Kalcevski (ranked 3244 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Bakole (ranked 6475 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Bakole has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kalcevski
vs
Bakole

195 cm
18
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

194 cm
20
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Kalcevski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Bakole!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakole shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kalcevski but Kalcevski pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kalcevski connects with the punch.
Bakole doesn't manage to clinch there - Kalcevski circles away.
Kalcevski scores with a jab.
Bakole takes one to the chin there.
Bakole shoots for a double leg takedown but Kalcevski sprawls well. He's pushed Bakole's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kalcevski. Bakole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kalcevski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bakole looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalcevski leaves Bakole with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ivan Kalcevski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Bakole.
Bakole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kalcevski.
Bakole appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kalcevski scores with the left hand. Bakole knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalcevski looks to land a right hand but Bakole moved out of range.
Bakole ducks under a wild hook from Kalcevski.
A slow jab from Kalcevski misses its intended target.
Kalcevski cracks Bakole with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bakole moves to clinch but Kalcevski breaks away
and Kalcevski counters with a nice uppercut.
Bakole walks straight into a right hand from Kalcevski - that's dropped him! Kalcevski jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Bakole from any more punishment! Bakole complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ivan Kalcevski!